October 3-5, 2017, the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife and the K2W Glideways Program is bringing Objectif Sciences International (OSI) Stage 1 Training to Sydney. OSI, founded in Geneva in 1992, is an education model centred around Participatory Research Stays. In other words, science camps for children, adults and families in spectacular locations examining amazing things. “The idea is…

Scientists and inquisitive community members will converge on Trunkey Creek NSW over the 3rd and 4th June to survey birds, lizards, mammals, frogs, fish, plants, and other wildlife. A “BioBlitz” is where a group of scientists, naturalists and community volunteers undertake biological surveying in a chosen area with the purpose of recording as many species…

Community members are being invited to join expert ecologists on a series of wildlife surveys on 3-4 June as part of the K2W Trunkey Creek BioBlitz. Participants will have the chance to help identify and record species during a number of surveys including bird-watching, small mammal surveys, plants and tree hollows. “The K2W BioBlitz is…

Can you tell the difference between a sugar and a squirrel glider? Have you ever seen them in the wild? These are some of the questions that local residents are being asked as part of a campaign to find out more information about these iconic species. The Kanangra Boyd to Wyangala partnership (K2W) is a…

Land for Wildlife has received a funding boost in the K2W link under our Bushconnect program and through funding from the Office of Environmental Heritage. As a regional provider for LFW, the K2W partnership will be able to to register an additional 45 properties to the program over the next 5 years. What is…

The Central West Councils Environment & Waterways Alliance, in partnership with Central Tablelands Local Land Services, Orange City Council, NSW Office of Environment & Heritage and Great Eastern Ranges – Kanangra Boyd to Wyangala Link invite you to attend our Hollows for Habitat Forum. The Hollows for Habitat Forum is to be hosted in Orange,…

A huge revegetation effort took place at Binda on the weekend with 16 volunteers joining the Douglass family at Mandanong Binda to plant nearly 4,000 trees and shrubs as part of the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative (GER) Kanangra Boyd to Wyangala Link (K2W). The GER is a major collaborative effort to link and protect habitat…

6 new part time Landcare coordinator positions have been funded under the NSW Government’s 2015-2019 Landcare Support Program in the Kanangra Boyd to Wyangala (K2W) region, with a further 60 positions across the state. The new coordinators include; Ruth Aveyard for Upper Lachlan Landcare (based in Goulburn); Michelle Barton for Goulburn and Yass region (based…

A suite of projects to conserve gliding possums and their habitat has received a welcome boost with the announcement of two major grants totalling almost $650,000 from the NSW Government and South East Local Land Services. The grants will be used by the Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala (K2W) partnership to roll-out the Glideways program – a…

The Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala partnership (K2W) wrapped up a successful year at its Annual Forum at Jenolan Caves on 10 December. Over 43 people including local landholders, researchers, government agencies, and conservationists attended the one-day forum to hear from a range of motivating speakers. “It was an inspirational day which left…

The Upper Lachlan Catchment Coordinating Committee recently held its AGM at the Breadalbane Hall. Over 40 people attended the meeting and stayed on for a dinner with Guest Speaker award winning author Bruce Pascoe. Nerida Croker was re-elected as chair and gave a lengthy talk on the achievements of the ULCCC Inc and Regional Landcare…

We are delighted that the New South Wales Environmental Trust has awarded a grant for Rivers of Carbon – Goulburn District River Linkages. This project will be part of the broader Rivers of Carbon (www.riversofcarbon.org.au) initiative that works across the Southern Tablelands and focuses on connecting and linking riparian rehabilitation projects (undertaken over the past…